Meditations on Hunting

By Josè Ortega y Gasset

Meditations on Hunting is the only book that clearly defines the essence of hunting. Ortega explains why men hunt: "When you are fed up with the troublesome present, you take your gun, whistle for your dog and go hunting."

In today's world where "antis" attack the hunter, and so-called nature lovers dismiss hunting as archaic, Ortega tells us that, "Only on the hunting ground, which is first countryside, can we succeed in emigrating from our human world to the authentic 'outside'." He shows the hunter to be the true conservator of animals and protector of nature; for without animals and countryside, hunting would cease to exist.

He contemplates that hunting has perpetually occupied the highest rank throughout the ages in contributing to man's happiness. We hunters, whether pursuing big game or hunting upland birds or waterfowl with our dog, truly feel and understand what it means to be a hunter-one who loves nature and the prey. Meditations on Hunting is the cornerstone book on hunting and belongs in every hunter's library.

Republished in 2007 by Wilderness Adventures Press.
Cover painting by Brett Smith.
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